Table 6

Types of stakeholders proposed to be involved in prioritising primary research topics (N=22)

Approach	Types of stakeholders
Approach	Governments/ policy-makers	Healthcare providers	Researchers/ academia	Members of the public	Patients and their representatives	Caregivers	Health system payers	Healthcare managers	Intergovernmental agencies/ Research funders	Product makers/Industry	Press and media organisations	NGOs and advocacy groups	Internal staff	Other
% of approaches reporting*	n=10 45%	n=16 73%	n=17 77%	n=9 41%	n=13 59%	n=7 32%	n=4 24%	n=2 9%	n=6 27%	n=3 18%	n=1 6%	n=8 36%	n=3 18%	n=6 27%
Abma, 201050		✓	✓		✓	✓
Ball, 201664		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓						✓
Bennett, 2010; Bennett, 2012; Saldanha, 201341–43		✓	✓		✓				✓
Berra, 201059		✓											✓
Chang, 201260	✓	✓	✓		✓				✓			✓
Chapman, 201365	✓		✓		✓	✓
Okello, 2000; Lansang 199739 40	✓	✓*	✓	✓			✓		✓	✓				✓
Cowan, 201345		✓*		✓	✓	✓						✓
Dubois, 201161	✓	✓			✓		✓							✓
Edwards, 2019 ⁽⁵²⁾		✓	✓		✓
Franck, 2018; Franck, 2020 49 56				✓	✓
Ghaffar, 2009; 200938 48	✓	✓	✓						✓			✓		✓
Kapiriri, 201863			✓											✓
Lomas, 200346	✓	✓	✓					✓	✓
Montorzi, 201047														✓**
NIH, 200157	✓	✓†	✓	✓	✓							✓	✓
Pratt, 201655			✓	✓
Rudan, 200837	✓		✓	✓						✓	✓	✓	✓
Somanadhan, 202053	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓						✓
Viergever, 201062	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓		✓	✓		✓
Wald, 201451		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Yan, 202054		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓						✓

*The denominator reflects the total number of approaches that proposed stakeholder involvement as part of the priority setting.
†Includes professional associations.